Recreating Moses' parting of the waves, a life-size Noah's Ark and battle scenes from David and Goliath are among the attractions planned for the UK's first Christian theme park.

A Guiseley mother-of-two has come up with a "heavenly" plan to bless Yorkshire with the UK's first adventure park based on the Bible.

Andrea Webster's vision for a £144 million park called Ark Alive would also feature a Garden of Eden bio-dome, scenes from the Land of the Pyramids, a Galilee fishing port and even biblical streets with sights and smells of 2,000 years ago.

And the Old and New Testament theme would be carried through with a hotel, a leisure club, restaurant, exhibition space - and a place of worship.

But Mrs Webster, 40, who owns her own children's day nurseries in Leeds, is staying tightlipped about where in Yorkshire the 50-acre theme park would be built. She said the park could be up and running in three years and expects it to make £10 million to £12 million a year which would be re-invested in Ark Alive and help fund Christian projects. She has just launched a fund raising campaign and has pledged £100,000 of her own. Mrs Webster - a committed Christian since she was 14 - and her family are regulars at Guiseley Methodist Church.

She set up the Ark Alive as a charity and is hoping donations will flood in from the UK's six million Christians, plus private investors and benefactors.

Its trustees are also hoping to attract grants from other fund-giving sources including the National Lottery.

"It will be a place where Disney meets the Bible. It's not going to be a bible-bashing experience," said Mrs Webster who visited Florida to get ideas.

Latest figures from the Church of England show the number of people going to Sunday worship is one million,

Architects S&P, who designed the Skyline Pavilion resort for Rank in Bognor, Minehead and Skegness, and the Freeport leisure retail development at Castleford have been hired to produce initial drawings.

Ark Alive has appointed Arup, a firm of consultants, to find potential sites.

Bradford Diocesan missioner the Reverend David Brerley responsible for outreach said he was impressed.

"It suits the culture we are in," he said. "I say Amen to it!"